Chapter 551: Chapter 551: The Snake is Gone and the True and False Dreams
Uh, what...?
Andy froze momentarily, his face turning pale as he looked at Hermione.
Little Miss, don't scare me like that!
What do you mean there's still some history that hasn't been completed?
There's no way there's actually another masked person, is there?
"I think this whole thing is over."
Andy thought for a moment and said with a serious expression, "There are no missing details, and I've done everything I needed to do..."
Then Andy paused briefly.
After mentally reconstructing the entire sequence of events, Andy continued, "Yes...I didn't overlook anything. The process was a bit suspenseful, but not life-threatening."
Hermione said helplessly, "Maybe it would be a good idea to talk to Professor Dumbledore."
"Professor Dumbledore is very busy right now and probably doesn't have time to talk to me."
Andy shrugged, gestured at the food in his hands, and teased, "I can still eat something to fill my stomach. Professor Dumbledore hasn't even had a sip of water... I hope the Ministry will prepare some food for him."
"The Headmaster is over a hundred years old..."
Hermione shot Andy an annoyed glance on hearing this.
"Right!"
Hermione suddenly asked, "What's in that hidden room?"
This question made Andy hesitate for a moment.
A mirror.
Originally, it was not a big secret.
But...
By taking the mirror, Andy caused the dementors to riot and leave Azkaban in droves.
Who knows what kind of trouble those monsters will cause?
For now, Andy can still pin the blame on Voldemort.
But if Andy admits that he has the mirror in his possession, then he will be held responsible for the Dementor breakout.
Well...
Some things are not easy to say.
Because Andy still considers this world as a fictional world in some part of his mind and hasn't made much connection to this magic society due to living in isolation for over a decade without going out much, he doesn't really care about the Aurors' casualties.
As for the Dementor breakout...
He feels a little guilty, but not to the point of breaking down emotionally.
So what Andy is worried about now is the trouble he will get into if the truth is revealed.
After all, Andy doesn't have the 'Invincible' strength yet.
As if she could sense Andy's dilemma, Hermione immediately said, "If it's inconvenient to tell me...just forget I asked."
"Hey! It's not a secret."
Andy pondered for a moment, then said with a light smile, "Actually, I don't know what it is either...a stone platform with something on it covered by a black cloth. I felt that thing was very dangerous, so I didn't take any rash actions."
"After a quick search, I found nothing in that room other than that, so I headed back."
Andy finally decided to keep the mirror secret.
No one else must know about this.
The dementors are out of control.
It is still unknown how many innocent people have been caught up in this.
If there are too many losses, then Andy, who started all this, would really end up in Azkaban.
"You're right, Andy."
Hermione immediately said, "It's best not to touch dangerous and unknown things."
Andy was also relieved to see this.
This matter could be considered over.
Andy had omitted a lot of details, but Hermione would not blabber to others, and she definitely would not ask Dumbledore about it.
Moreover, the existence of Voldemort would also help Andy avoid some trouble—he was the perfect scapegoat.
More than these things, Andy was more concerned about the problem of timeline consistency.
Andy would not be able to sleep easily as long as this problem remained unsolved.
In this incident, Andy constantly felt that an invisible force seemed to be guiding everything.
This made Andy feel somewhat powerless.
"Oh, yes!"
Hermione remembered something else. She looked around, then asked in a mysterious tone, "Andy, did you notice that?"
"What?" Andy was taken aback.
Hermione leaned over and whispered, "Do you remember what Harry said? He said that he saw everything from the perspective of someone lying on the ground."
Andy: "..."
"!!"
Andy's face turned ashen.
Yes! Harry had said that he saw everything from the perspective of someone lying on the ground.
Andy had speculated that it was the perspective of the snake.
But in Azkaban...
Andy didn't come across any snakes at all!
Voldemort had brought four Death Eaters with him.
Two of them were masked, while the other two were Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr.
There were no snakes at all!
Then from where did Harry's perspective come?
Andy's pupils shrank, and his face turned pale.
What had gone wrong?
Was this Voldemort's trick?
Or... did Harry mistake something?
Or...
Thinking of an even more terrifying possibility, Andy quickly dismissed these thoughts.
"What's wrong with you? Andy, are you okay?" Sensing Andy's abnormality, Hermione asked anxiously.
"I'm fine..."
Andy took a deep breath and said with a somewhat unpleasant expression, "Hermione, there was no snake, and the perspective Harry mentioned wasn't possible either."
"The Dark Lord only brought four people with him, and none of them were lying on the ground."
"And..."
Andy's face was grave. "Dumbledore was there too! Given how much he cares about Harry and Voldemort, he would never have missed such an important clue."
"Something is definitely wrong."
Andy pressed his temples as he spoke.
What a headache!
There were so many things in today's events he found abnormal and illogical.
This made Andy feel a little apprehensive.
Even fearful!
Fear from one's delusion is ten thousand times more terrifying than fear from reality.
Andy was experiencing this fear right now.
Hermione quickly took Andy's hand and whispered, "Andy, don't worry. Maybe... maybe the time paradox you encountered and Harry's perspective are actually two completely different things?"
"I'm fine," Andy forced himself to calm down.
Indeed, these were two completely different things.
From the clues so far, Voldemort should already know that Harry is his Horcrux.
So the dreams Harry saw were actually just what Voldemort wanted him to see.
In other words...
Andy's eyes lit up. "Maybe the dreams Harry saw happened after You-Know-Who rescued the prisoners from Azkaban."
This was undoubtedly an important clue.
Andy hurriedly asked, "Hermione, do you know when Harry fainted?"
Hermione raised an eyebrow. "I've asked around... the last morning class, at about 10:40 a.m."
Andy suddenly laughed.
10:40 a.m...
Andy and Dumbledore used the Time-Turner at 12:30 p.m.
This means that three hours ago was 9:30 p.m.
From 9:30 p.m. to 10:40 a.m. - that's more than an hour.
Voldemort must have returned to the prison after completing the rescue!
In other words, the dream that Harry saw was really just an optical illusion created by Voldemort.
This was a relief to Andy.
As long as it wasn't a real-time paradox, it was fine.
Besides, Dumbledore should have realised this a long time ago; otherwise, he would not have let the prisoners escape; he must have realised the problem from Harry's perspective at some point.
'Voldemort...'
Andy thought to himself, 'Is this the real reason why Voldemort did this?'
Andy became a little worked up.
Perhaps he would soon be able to get close to the whole truth.
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